Transmittals

October 2020 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS Changes

Update to the Implementation of the Increased Payments for COVID-19 Discharges Under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Under Section 3710 of the CARES Act

October 2020 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System

2021 Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Update

October 2020 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

October 2020 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 21.3

Claim Status Category and Claim Status Codes Update

January 2021 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Quarterly Update Reminder

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2021

Instructions for Retrieving the January 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) Files Through the CMS Mainframe Telecommunications System

October Quarterly Update for 2020 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule

Implementation of Nurse Practitioners Certifying Diabetic Shoe Orders Under the Primary Care First (PCF) Model

Update to Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index and Hospice Pricer for FY 2021

Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Updates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021

Quarterly Update for Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services Subject to Reasonable Charge Payment

Update to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Diagnosis Codes for Vaping Related Disorder and Diagnosis and Procedure Codes for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update FY 2021

Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) - October 2020 Update

Telehealth Expansion Benefit Enhancement under the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model (PARHM) - Implementation